The downside of being upbeat: The effects of consumer optimism on real economic activity
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Note: LCERPA Working Paper No. 2019-1. Online appendix is available at http://www.lcerpa.org/public/papers/LCERPA_2019_1_onlineappendix.pdf
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Keywords
Cognitive Bias; Saving; Borrowing; Consumption; Expectations Survey Data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E71 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on the Macro Economy
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2019-05-20 (Business Economics)
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